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Group Work How-To: David Parry’s emac4325

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I’ve been thinking lately how to give my students group work experience that, were I a student, wouldn’t make me break out in a nervous sweat. Dave Parry has come up with some rules of engagement that cede to students … Continue reading

The "Serious Magic" of Your Face

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TED posted a few days ago Chris Anderson‘s July 2010 talk “How web video powers global innovation“ I was interested in the portion of Anderson’s talk, @11:35, in which he discusses the “serious magic” of non-verbal communication: There are hundreds … Continue reading

Universal Authorship: can writing programs deal w/loss of control?

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John Jones over at Digital Media and Learning wonders when educators and the institutions that employ them will grok the informal writing that our students do out-of-classroom. Fanfic, FB status updates, Twitter, chats, sms: we’ve never written more, especially those … Continue reading

Iraq War Entries in Wikipedia

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Hello Friends, Two things caught my eye this evening. The first, from the Institute for the Future of the Book, is James Bridle’s graphical representation of how many edits to Wikipedia’s Iraq War entry have been made in five years: … Continue reading

Unlikely Squiggle!

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Unlikely Squiggle is the brainchild/walkabout/callingcard of LT Cooper, former AngeLingo editor and now post-production mac-for-hire, urbane observer, ramen expert. Here you will find vlogs that will caffeinate you, dress you up at a con, fondle a kitted-up, 15″ MacBook Pro … Continue reading